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...live rock 'n roll shows that blossomed around the country, Lewis would often tour with - and against - his formidable rivals Chuck Berry and Little Richard. In an Alan Freed extravaganza at the Brooklyn Paramount, both he and Berry demanded the closing spot. Freed chose Berry, for reasons of seniority. And again we consult the Gospel according to Tosches...
...Jerry Lee often said that pop music had produced only four supreme stylists: Al Jolson, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams and himself. (Al Jolson??) On that incendiary night at the Brooklyn Paramount - March 28, 1958 - JLL could reasonably expect he might soon be the most popular of the four. "Breathless," his follow-up to "Great Balls of Fire," was chugging up the charts. His next single would be the theme song to a (minor) Hollywood film, "High School Confidential." And in May he would begin a headlining tour of Great Britain. A star was born. A star prevails...
Those numbers remind us that the movie industry remains at its core a boys' club. Yet for the first time in history, women are now running half of the six major movie studios. Sherry Lansing is celebrating her 10th anniversary as chairman of Paramount Pictures, ruling the studio with an iron fiscal fist. And her two younger colleagues--Amy Pascal at Columbia and Stacey Snider at Universal--are known to be every bit as brazen as their male counterparts when it comes to gambling with $200 million production and marketing budgets. All three women are working mothers with decidedly feminine...
...died when I was 9," says Lansing, "I watched her take over the real estate business in Chicago. So many of my movies are about a woman who is not going to be a victim." When Lansing, who is married to director William Friedkin (The Exorcist), took the Paramount job in 1992, she continued to spin gold out of what she calls "female empowerment films" such as The First Wives Club and Double Jeopardy. She has a stern but maternal demeanor in the office. ("She can say no to you in the most endearing way," says Variety editor Peter Bart...
...father or a parent. I was at that point in my career where it was all about getting work. My daughter and he lived with their mom [Samantha Lewes]. With my younger kids [with wife Rita Wilson], now that I'm 45, it's of paramount importance to me that they have much more concrete security and stability. I have much more ability to provide that for them now. With my older kids, I simply wasn't able...